If the shoe fits

Where you just faking pretend
I found out in the end
I thought that you were cool
Turns out the rumors are true
I'm not the type to believe
But it's pretty much what I see
You showed me I don't matter
No room in your new chapter
Only came around the times
When I could offer and provide
Give you the things you need
In order to hang out with me
I even did it willingly
Like a fool I blamed it on me
See I thought the best in you
Thought you saw the best in me
That's just what real friends do
You never believed in me
You only saw the ugly
I'm starting to feel relieved
I don't have to miss you

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”